| Lyrics: | The Drunkard's Dream
Dear mate, I see you're healthy now,
Your clothes are neat and
clean,
No more I see you drunk about,
Pray tell me where you've been.
Your wife
and family all are well,
You once did use them strange;
You are much kinder to
them now,
How come this happy change?
It was a dream --- a warning
dream
THat Heaven sent to me,
To snatch me from a drunkard's grave,
Grief, want and
misery!
I saw my Mary's form waste 'way,
I saw her sunken eyes,
I saw
my children weeping 'round
I heard their wailing cries!
My wages were all spent on
drink.
Oh, what a wretched view!
I almost broke my Mary's heart
And starved my
children, too!
I laughed and sung in drunkardness,
While Mary's tears did
stream,
And, like a beast, I fell asleep
And had this warning
dream.
I thought I staggered home once more;
I found a solemn gloom.
I missed
my wife. Where could she be?
And strangers in the room?
"Poor thing, she's dead!" I
heard them say,
"She's had a wretched life!
For grief and want have broke her
heart;
Who'd be a drunkard's wife?"
"She is not dead!" I vainly cried,
And
rushed to where she lay
And kissed again her once-warm lips,
Forever cold as clay."
"Oh, Mary, speak one word to me!
I'll no more cause you pain!
I'll never
grieve your loving heart!
I'll not get drunk again!"
"Oh, Mary, speak one word
to me!"
"Oh, why, I do!" she cried!
When I awoke, my Mary dear
Was kneeling by my
side!
I clasped her to my loving heart,
While joyous tears did stream,
And ever since we've Heaven blessed
For sending us that dream!
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@marriage
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